Hafiz (name)
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Hafiz is a surname
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Hafiz is also a given name
. It may refer to:
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. It may refer to:
- Abdul Hafiz (VC) (1918-1944), British Indian Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient
- Hisham HafizHisham HafizHisham Hafiz or Hashim Ali Hafiz was a Saudi Arabian newspaper publisher and author. He is best known for co-founding Arab News and his Saudi Research and Publishing Company published 16 newspapers and magazines at the time of his death...
(1931-2006), Saudi Arabian author and newspaper publisher - Mirza Ghulam HafizMirza Ghulam HafizMirza Ghulam Hafiz was a prominent statesman, politician, and philanthropist in Bangladesh.Born in Ponchagarh, North Bengal in 1920, Mirza Ghulam Hafiz was educated at the University of Dhaka and University of Calcutta. By 1948, when he first became interested in government resistance and...
(1920-2000), Bangladeshi politician - Abdel Halim HafezAbdel Halim HafezAbdel Halim Ali Shabana commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez , is among the most popular Egyptian and Arab singers and performers. In addition to singing, Halim was also an actor, conductor, business man, music teacher and movie producer...
(1929-1977), Egyptian singer and actor. - Nezam HafizNezam HafizNezam Ahmed Hafiz was a Guyanese born American cricketer. Hafiz was a right-handed middle order batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace...
(1969-2001), Guyanese-American first class cricketer - Abdul Hafiz (Guantanamo detainee 1030) (self-identifies as Abdul Qawi)
Hafiz is also a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. It may refer to:
- Hafiz al-IraqiHafiz al-IraqiAbdulrahim bin al-Husain bin 'Abdulrahman al-'Iraqi al-Misri , popularly known as al-Hafith al-Iraqi, was a well known Shafi'i scholar of hadith.-Works:...
(1325-1403), Islamic scholar - Hafiz Ali KhanHafiz Ali KhanHafiz Ali Khan was an Indian Sarod player. He was a tall figure in twentieth-century sarod music. A fifth-generation descendant of the famous Bangash Gharana of sarod players, Hafiz Ali was known for the lyrical beauty of his music and the crystal-clear tone of his strokes...
(1888-1972), Indian sarod player - Hafiz HakkiHafiz HakkiHafiz Hakki Pasha - February 15, 1915; Erzurum) was a General of the Ottoman Empire military.Hafiz Hakki was a classmate of Enver Pasha, Mahmud Kâmil Pasha, and Fahreddin Pasha...
(1879-1915), Ottoman general - Hafiz Hashim, Malaysian badminton player, full name Muhammad Hafiz HashimMuhammad Hafiz HashimMuhammad Hafiz Hashim is a Malaysian badminton player. He studied at Sekolah Kebangsaan Sultan Isamil before transferring to Kuala Lumpur. Then,he transfer back to Kelantan and studied in Sultan Ismail College. He achieved worldwide fame when he won the Yonex All-England Open Badminton...
- Hafiz KhanHafiz KhanHafizud Dean Khan is a Fijian businessman, Senator and president of the Muslim League. Appointed to the Senate on 13 July 2005 to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Dr Ahmed Ali, Khan became one of the 9 out of 32 Senators nominated by the Prime Minister...
, Fijian businessman and politician - Hafiz Muhammad SaeedHafiz Muhammad SaeedHafiz Muhammad Saeed is the amir of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah, a charity organization that is widely considered to be a cover organization for Lashkar-e-Taiba , one of the largest and most active militant Islamist terrorist organizations in South Asia, operating mainly from Pakistan...
, Pakistani professor - Hafiz Rahmat KhanHafiz Rahmat KhanHafiz Rahmat Khan was Regent of Rohilkhand in North India, from 1749 to 1774. He was a Pashtun by background, ruling over Rohillas ....
(1708/9-1774), ruler and warrior in North India - Hafiz, starring role played by actor Ronald Coleman in Kismet (1944 film)Kismet (1944 film)Kismet is a 1944 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film in Technicolor starring Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Joy Page, and Florence Bates. James Craig played the young Caliph of Baghdad, and Edward Arnold was the treacherous Grand Vizier...
See also
- HafizHafizHafidh |f.]] ḥāfiẓa), literally meaning 'guardian', is a term used by Muslims in modern days for someone who has completely memorized the Qur'an.-Overview:...
disambiguation page - Khuda HafizKhuda HafizKhuda Hafiz , usually shortened to Khodafez in Persian, is a parting phrase traditionally used in Persia, Kurdistan, and the Indian subcontinent...
, a parting phrase